Kerala Holidays

Treehouse

  

Kerala Hotels

Exclusive Tours 

Contact us

Kerala

Houseboat

Periyar Tiger Trail

Kerala homestays

Media Assistance

Inquiry for Kerala Holidays
Coconut Island - Private island in the backwaters of Kerala.
Location Guest's Remarks Spend a day with elephant Inquiry Recommend to your friends.
 
Coconut Island is a private and exclusive island guesthouse in the backwaters of Kerala, South India. The island is 150 meters from the shore in Canoli canal - a man made canal built for navigation in 1848. There are no inhabitants in the island other than Brahminy Kites, Pond herons, King fishers, Owls (one parent & 3 kids) and crabs. The island is a coconut plantation. Other than Coconut trees, there are mango trees, Gooseberry, Neem and a natural garden. The south end of the island is kept as a wild garden for birds. It has mango trees and some medicinal plants.
 
The island is meant for one family. There is only one large cottage in the island. This can accommodate 2 adults + 1 extra bed for an adult or 2 adults + 2 extra beds for 2 children. The cottage consists of one spacious bedroom of 180 square foot and 320 square foot verandah.
 
The house is designed and built according to Vasthu - an ancient Indian knowledge of Architecture promising peace, prosperity and happiness to the inhabitants. It is in traditional kerala design with open verandah at all sides. The wooden pillars collected from old wooden houses supports the roof around the verandah. The sealing is done with Mahogany wood in traditional fashion.
 
The bedroom has two cozy beds on beautifully carved wooden coats. The room is well equipped with large wooden almiraha, writing desk, dressing table, tea-poy and chairs etc. The room has enough privacy and the beautiful views through six large windows and two doors. The island always has good breeze and very fine climate. The bedroom has sealing fan.
 
Large - 150 square foot - open roof bath garden with granite floor has cold / hot water showers and all the modern fittings.
 
Security: There are families living 200 meters away on both side of the river. The local people are very friendly and welcoming. Being a remote village, every body knows each other. And we are also known to each other. The staff comes from the village itself. There are 4 staff in the island and two of them sleeps there. At night, there would be fishermen (known to our staff) fishing near the island as well. There are mobile phones in the island. There is a battery backup for continues power supply.
 
The water: The water for Cooking, for bathroom and for watering plants comes by boat from the main land. The quality of the water is often checked at the lab by us.
 
Kitchen: There is another house in the island serves as a complete kitchen. The kitchen is spacious and open to guests at any time. The varandha of this house also commands a good view to the backwaters and serves as a choice of dining place. A fishermen's family from the neighborhood cooks for the guests. They are experts in preparing all kerala dishes. The guests are also welcome in the kitchen to prepare any dishes of their tastes. The cooking classes are optional and free.
 
 
 
7 to 10 Kettuvalloms - stitched boat, 70 foot long, 30 tons capacity, made with wooden planks joined and stitched together with coconut ropes and painted with cashew nut oil inside and fish oil outside - passes by the island every day with sand collected from the bottom of the backwaters at the opening to the sea.
 
A country boat trip at evening is complimentary. There would be many fishermen in the lake fishing by different methods. A nearby island is full of migratory birds. The local fish market is just 15 minutes by country boat. Good quality, fresh (live) fish are available there. Pearl spoted fish, Tiger prawns, prawns, red snapper, crabs etc.
 
Fishing: The island is protected by natural red-stones which attracts lot of fish. You could easily catch enough fish for dinner in 30 minutes. The staff would help you fix the hook and get the bites. We recommend to stop fishing when you have enough fish for you and staff.
 
Local ferry: There is ferry by country boat which passes by the island in every 30 minutes. You are welcome to help the ferry man to row his boat with passengers.
 
The Menu
The breakfast is like
Puttu (steamed rice cake), Blackgram curry, Pappadam, Bananas, Pineapple Juice, Tea / coffee.
Iddaly, Chutni, Samabar, Pappaya, Pineapple Juice, Tea / coffee.
Ada (rice + coconut + jagerry), Pappaya, Pineapple Juice, Tea / coffee.
Idiyappam, vegitable stew, Bananas, Pineapple Juice, Tea / coffee.
Dosa, Chutni, Samabar, Bananas, Pineapple Juice, Tea / coffee.
 
The Lunch is like
Rice, Sambar, Aviyal, curd, Pappadam, Fried fish, Fish curry / fish molly, Spinage, Pinapple / desert.
 
Dinner is like
Chappathi, rice, fried fish, Vegitable Kuruma, Vegitable dry curry etc.
 
Price: Rs 6000 / US$ 120 / night / 2 persons with all meals.
Extra person: Rs 1500 / night with all meals.
 

Country boat ride at evening is complimentary.

 
 
  Visit to temple festival with decorated elephants.
 

 You are the Hit Counter visitior on this page since 16 April 2009.